1A language described by means of another language.
目标语言，对象语言（指被另一种语言描绘的语言）。比较METALANGUAGE，TARGET LANGUAGE
Compare with metalanguage, target language
Example sentencesExamples
Carnap was aware that the symbol N is definable only in the meta-language, not in the object language.
He rejects the infinite hierarchy of meta-languages underlying English in favor of one formal object language having an infinite hierarchy of partial interpretations.
As Grover puts it, prosentences function ‘at the level of the object language.’
Tarski's theory of truth relies crucially on the distinction between object languages and meta-languages, and so semantics generally seems to be necessarily a meta-discipline.
2Computing A language into which a program is translated by means of a compiler or assembler.
〔计算机〕目标语言
Definition of object language in US English:
object language
nounˈɑbdʒək(t) ˌlæŋɡwɪdʒˈäbjək(t) ˌlaNGɡwij
1A language described by means of another language.
目标语言，对象语言（指被另一种语言描绘的语言）。比较METALANGUAGE，TARGET LANGUAGE
Compare with metalanguage, target language
Example sentencesExamples
He rejects the infinite hierarchy of meta-languages underlying English in favor of one formal object language having an infinite hierarchy of partial interpretations.
Carnap was aware that the symbol N is definable only in the meta-language, not in the object language.
As Grover puts it, prosentences function ‘at the level of the object language.’
Tarski's theory of truth relies crucially on the distinction between object languages and meta-languages, and so semantics generally seems to be necessarily a meta-discipline.
2Computing A language into which a program is translated by means of a compiler or assembler.